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Thursday, 21 April 2016

Make one small change, give away your stuff on Freegle or Freecycle.

Making one small change at a time can make becoming eco friendly loads easier. Lots of small changes add up to a big difference.

If, like me, you have big things you want to get out of your house and no car, then Freegle is the best thing ever. You post your unwanted items on the website (depending on your area you'll have either Freecycle or Freegle. We used to have Freecycle then it switched to Freegle, so I've used both and they're both pretty similar and easy to use), someone will contact you if they want your stuff then you arrange a time for them to collect it. You can offer to deliver items to people too, if you have a car.

I've got rid of all sorts of stuff, from videos, garden equipment left here by the previous owners of our house to my old TV unit.

Giving away my stuff has made me appreciate what I have. What I see as old junk hanging around my house is actually something someone else really wants. 7 people replied to my ad for lots of plastic plant pots and the couple who took away my old TV unit brought a box of chocolates to say thanks. I feel like a total spoilt brat sometimes!

As well as being good for the planet, giving my stuff away seems to be being good for my soul.

Have you tried Freegle or Freecycle? You can get some really cool stuff on there as well as getting rid of stuff!

6 comments:

I adore Freecycle/Freegle. I've got rid of so much stuff that way - things that work fine but I don't need or have room for anymore. Someone recently blogged about not being able to sell a sofa so they took it to the tip, and I wanted to weep. I wish they'd known about Freecycle!

There are "Buy Nothing" groups that similar to Freecycle. https://buynothingproject.org/ They are facebook based. If there is not one in your area, you can volunteer to help and they will set it up for you.

It is a really good idea!!!! I must try to remember this!! When my Grandad died, so much stuff was charity-shopped or tried to be sold or people took it, e.g. the local school took at lot of gardening stuff but there were some things that ended up in the tip! I took some tiny china models and sold them at our school fair and made £70 for charity!